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 <h3>Any Operating System</h3>

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  <dt>Text Editors</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/">Netbeans</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.xemacs.org/">xemacs</a></li>
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  <dt>HTML Editors</dt>

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    <li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla Editor</a>: Easy to
    use.  Spellcheck module available from mozdev.org.</li>
   </ul>
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  <dt>Utilities</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://tidy.sourceforge.net/">Tidy</a>: detects errors in HTML.</li>
    <li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3 XHTML validator</a></li>
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 <h3>Windows Operating System</h3>

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  <dt>Text Editors</dt>

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    <li>Notepad: already installed on every machine, but lacks HTML
    support and spell check.</li>

    <li><a href="http://www.textpad.com/">Textpad</a>: Simple text
    editor.  Includes HTML support and spellcheck.</li>

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  <dt>HTML Editors</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla Editor</a>: Easy to
    use.  Spellcheck module available from mozdev.org.</li>
   </ul>
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  <dt>XML Editors</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li>TBD</li>
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 <h3>Linux Operating System</h3>

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  <dt>Text Editors</dt>

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    <li>Emacs, vi, etc.</li>
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  <dt>HTML Editors</dt>

  <dd>
   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://quanta.sourceforge.net/">Quanta Plus</a> </li>
   </ul>
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  <dt>XML Editors</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li>TBD</li>
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 <h3>Further Reading and Resources</h3>

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  <dt>Books</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://jrobbins.org/books/">Books on HTML and CSS</a></li>
   </ul>
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  <dt>Websites</dt>

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   <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/">Getting started with HTML</a>: a gentle introduction</li>
    <li><a href="http://w3.org/">W3C standards organization</a> </li>
    <li><a href="http://w3schools.com/">w3schools.com</a>: Very fast and to-the-point tutorials on web technologies</li>
    <li><a href="http://htmlhelp.com/">htmlhelp.com</a>: good all-around site for HTML and related info </li>
    <li><a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/">OpenDirectory page on markup langugages</a>: Including XHTML and tools</li>
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